 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Northern Lawn Hill Platform M. GLIKSON,â S. D. GOLDING, Earth Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane...Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia AND P. N. SOUTHGATE Geoscience Australia, P.O. Box 378, Canberra 2601...2601, Australia Abstract Hydrocarbon migration pathways and organic mineral matter associations were...Paleoproterozic to early Mesoproterozoic rocks from the Lawn Hill platform, Mount Isa. Several types of organic...to 6 percent Ro at the Grevillea prospect. At Century, intermediate Ro values of <2 percent document |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Zn-Pb-AgMineralization at the CenturyDeposit,Northwest Queensland, Australia GRAEMEC. BROADBENT? RioTintoExploration...RioTintoExploration, P O. Box175,Belmont, Western Australia6104,Australia RUSSELLE. MYERS, KeyCentrein Economic Geology...ofEarthSciences, James CookUniversity, Queensland 4811,Australia ANDJOHNV. WRIGHT Hoogstraat 50,1381W Weesp...associated with sedimentary exhalative processes. Century demonstrates anintimate relationship, becoming...THECENTURY deposit islocated in northwestern Queensland, Australia, at approximate latitude18Ăž44 ' S and longitude |  | Polito, P. A., Kyser, T. K., Golding, S. D., Southgate, P. N. (2006) Zinc Deposits and Related Mineralization of the Burketown Mineral Field, Including the World-Class Century Deposit, Northern Australia: Fluid Inclusion and Stable Isotope Evidence for Basin Fluid Sources. Economic Geology, 101 (6) 1251-1273 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.101.6.1251 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Field, Including the World-Class Century Deposit, Northern Australia: Fluid Inclusion and Stable Isotope...of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia AND PETER N. SOUTHGATE Geoscience Australia, GPO...Box 378, Canberra, A.C.T. 2601, Australia Abstract The stratiform Century Zn-Pb deposit and the discordant...deposits of the Burketown mineral field, northern Australia, host ore and gangue minerals with primary fluid...ages, the main ore stage of mineralization at Century formed at 1575 Ma, some 20 m.y. after deposition |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Proterozoic Century Ore Deposit at the Edge of an Ordovician Meteorite Impact Crater, Queensland T. C. Lees...999 Nepean Highway, Melbourne, Victoria 3189, Australia 2 Fractore 3 School Pty Ltd., 2/2 Brinsley Road...Road, Melbourne, Victoria 3124, Australia of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University, Melbourne...Melbourne, Victoria 3800, Australia 4 New Century Resources Ltd., Level 4, 360 Collins Street, Melbourne...Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia Abstract We describe a unique occurrence of a world-class Proterozoic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pb-Zn-Ag Deposits of Proterozoic Northeastern Australia PETER G. BETTS,â DAVID GILES, AND GORDON S. LISTER...University, Wellington Road, Melbourne, Victoria 3800, Australia Abstract The large shale-hosted massive sulfide...sulfide Pb-Zn-Ag deposits, including Mount Isa, HYC, Century, Hilton, George Fisher, Lady Loretta, and Walford...200 km 4 Figure 3 Northern McArthur Basin 7 Lawn Hill Platform Arnhem Shelf Walker Fault Trough Caledon...Mount Isa 2. Hilton 3. George Fisher 4. HYC 5. Century 6. Lady Loretta 7. Walford Creek Mount Isa Inlier |  | Leach, David L., Marsh, Erin, Emsbo, Poul, Rombach, Cameron S., Kelley, Karen D., Anthony, Mike (2004) Nature of Hydrothermal Fluids at the Shale-Hosted Red Dog Zn-Pb-Ag Deposits, Brooks Range, Alaska. Economic Geology, 99 (7) 1449-1480 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.99.7.1449 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | characteristics in sphalerite veins near the Century zinc deposit, Australia. Together, these data compose the majority...deposit, which presently is the most productive zinc mine in 1449 1450 LEACH ET AL. 162o Husky (Robinson...al., 2000). the world. From the opening of the mine in 1989 until 2002, approximately 29 Mt of ore containing...matter (insoluble in organic solvents, possibly pyrobitumen), consistent with hydrocarbon migration in the...collected from various parts of the Main Red Dog mine. At least 30 drill-core samples were also collected |  | | Report (issue) | | ............... Aerial photograph of the Pigeon mine....................... Northeast-trending alignments...chalcocite........................ Photograph of pyrobitumen-rich breccia..................... Photomicrograph...of northern Arizona began during the nineteenth century, although at that time production was primarily... Later, during the period 1956-1969, the Orphan mine yielded 1.6*1 million kg of uranium (4.26 million...such as the Apex mine in the Basin and Range province of the U.S.A. and Tsumeb mine in Namibia, but none |  | Fuchs, Sebastian, Williams-Jones, Anthony E., Jackson, Simon E., Przybylowicz, Wojciech J. (2016) Metal distribution in pyrobitumen of the Carbon Leader Reef, Witwatersrand Supergroup, South Africa: Evidence for liquid hydrocarbon ore fluids. Chemical Geology, 426. 45-59 doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2016.02.001 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Metal distribution in pyrobitumen of the Carbon Leader Reef, Witwatersrand Supergroup...Przybylowicz, Wojciech J., Metal distribution in pyrobitumen of the Carbon Leader Reef, Witwatersrand Supergroup... ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT Title: Metal Distribution in Pyrobitumen of the Carbon Leader Reef, Witwatersrand PT...+49-177-234-1904 (GER) Keywords: LA-ICP-MS, pyrobitumen, oil migration, gold, uranium, Witwatersrand...Witwatersrand basin is intimately associated with pyrobitumen, implying that hydrocarbons may have PT played |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | about the solubility of gold came in the 18th century when the Swedish chemist Carl Scheele (1742â1786)...helps explain why in nature gold occurs dominantly century, cyanidation had become the method of choice for...the 16th-century writings of âNow I will discuss ruptible. However, as early as the 8th century Agricola...about the supergene origin of During the 17th century, the German chemist Georg Stahl some of the gold...explain how Moses was able to In the late 17th century, the roots of modern hydrotherturn the golden calf |  | Huston, D. L., Stevens, B., Southgate, P. N., Muhling, P., Wyborn, L. (2006) Australian Zn-Pb-Ag Ore-Forming Systems: A Review and Analysis. Economic Geology, 101 (6) 1117-1157 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.101.6.1117 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | L. HUSTON,â Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia BARNEY STEVENS, Geological...Sulphide Street, Broken Hill, NSW 2880, Australia PETER N. SOUTHGATE, Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra...Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia PETER MUHLING, CSA Australia Pty. Ltd., Level 1, 47 Burswood Road, Burswood...Burswood, Western Australia, 6100, Australia AND LESLEY WYBORN Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra...Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia Abstract Zn-Pb-Ag mineral deposits are the products of hydrothermal ore-forming |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Basin has steadily decreased over the past quarter century, historic production (>52,000 t gold mined; 32...Fortescue Group at Beatons Creek, Nullagine, Western Australia In short, three major differences exist between...relationships between uraninite and post-depositional pyrobitumen in Witwatersrandtype deposits: aâc 2.66 Ga Black...conglomerate; b pyrobitumen globule with fragments of detrital uraninite in its core; c pyrobitumen that almost...(aâc courtesy G. Nwaila and A. McLoughlin); d pyrobitumen (black) enclosing broken-up detrital uraninite |  | Fuchs, S., Schumann, D., Williams-Jones, A.E., Vali, H. (2015) The growth and concentration of uranium and titanium minerals in hydrocarbons of the Carbon Leader Reef, Witwatersrand Supergroup, South Africa. Chemical Geology, 393. 55-66 doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2014.11.018 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Witwatersrand a b s t r a c t Uranium and gold-bearing pyrobitumen from the Carbon Leader Reef in the Witwatersrand...of uraninite and anatase nanocrystals in the pyrobitumen, implying mobilization and concentration of uranium...distributed and locally isolated within the pyrobitumen matrix. Crystallization of uraninite and anatase...abundant uraninite and anatase nanoparticles in pyrobitumen, a new model is proposed for the transport and...immobilized the hydrocarbons by solidifying them as pyrobitumen. The latter process involved the release of volatiles |  | Gu, X. X., Zhang, Y. M., Li, B. H., Dong, S. Y., Xue, C. J., Fu, S. H. (2012) Hydrocarbon- and ore-bearing basinal fluids: a possible link between gold mineralization and hydrocarbon accumulation in the Youjiang basin, South China. Mineralium Deposita, 47 (6) 663-682 doi:10.1007/s00126-011-0388-x | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | at the SKLODG, following the method described by Burke (2001). SmâNd isotopic ratio measurements were made...sedimentary rocks and hydrothermally migrated bitumen/pyrobitumen disseminated in mineralized rocks and/or occurring...matured or overmatured as solid residue bitumen or pyrobitumen, prior to gold mineralization (e.g., Christensen...hydrothermal system but were not thermally degraded to pyrobitumen. Nutt and Hofstra (2003) argued, however, that...mineralization at the Century deposit, Northwest Queensland, Australia. Econ Geol 93:1264â1294 Burke EAJ (2001) |  | Fuchs, Sebastian H.J., Schumann, Dirk, Williams-Jones, Anthony E., Murray, Andrew J., Couillard, Martin, Lagarec, Ken, Phaneuf, Michael W., Vali, Hojatollah (2017) Gold and uranium concentration by interaction of immiscible fluids (hydrothermal and hydrocarbon) in the Carbon Leader Reef, Witwatersrand Supergroup, South Africa. Precambrian Research, 293. 39-55 doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2017.03.007 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and transmission-electron microscopy of pyrobitumen-hosted uraninite reveal that uraninite grains...that were converted to pyrobitumen during burial and metamorphism. The pyrobitumen in the pores of the gold... was transformed to pyrobitumen. As a result of this process, a thin pyrobitumen seam containing uraninite...transformed into pyrobitumen. The ubiquitous presence of uraninite nanocrystals within pyrobitumen is also confirmed...recent study of the trace element chemistry of pyrobitumen (Fuchs et al., 2016) that shows homogeneous distribution |  | Magnall, J.M., Gleeson, S.A., Blamey, N.J.F., Paradis, S., Luo, Y. (2016) The thermal and chemical evolution of hydrothermal vent fluids in shale hosted massive sulphide (SHMS) systems from the MacMillan Pass district (Yukon, Canada) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 193. 251-273 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2016.07.020 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and crosscutting stockwork ankerite veining (± pyrobitumen, pyrite and quartz) and; Stage 2 consists of...brecciate the host rock (e.g. Fig. 2). Pyrite, pyrobitumen and minor amounts of quartz (Fig. 4b) are associated...magmatic carbon. However, the preservation of pyrobitumen during Stage 1 is evidence that organic carbon...are warmly acknowledged for allowing access to the mine camp and drill-core at Macmillan Pass. ESS Contribution...the figure are: pyrite (py), ankerite (ank), pyrobitumen (pyro), quartz (qz), siderite (sd), barytocalcite |  | PaĆĄava, Jan, KĆĂbek, Bohdan, VymazalovĂĄ, Anna, SĂœkorovĂĄ, Ivana, ĆœĂĄk, Karel, Orberger, Beate (2008) Multiple Sources of Metals of Mineralization in Lower Cambrian Black Shales of South China: Evidence from Geochemical and Petrographic Study. Resource Geology, 58 (1) 25-42 doi:10.1111/j.1751-3928.2007.00042.x | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Niutitang Formation in southern China (Huangjiawan mine, Zunyi region, northern part of the Guizhou Province)...through the Mo-Ni-PGE orebody in the Huangjiawan mine area, Zunyi region, northern part of Guizhou Province...Zhu barite district (250 km ESE of the Huangjiawan mine) in the eastern part of Guizhou Province (Table...PaĆĄava et al. Table 1 Samples from the Huangjiawan mine area, Zunyi region, south China Sample no. Sample...shales of the Niutitang Formation at the Huangjiawan mine area (Zunyi region, Guizhou Province). 4.1.1. Phosphate- |  | Dubois, Manon, Lopez, Michel, Orberger, Beate, Gay, AurĂ©lien, Moussavou, Mathieu, Pambo, Florent, Rodrigues, Sophie (2017) The 2.1 Ga-old injectite network of the Franceville Basin, Gabon: Architecture, origin and implications on manganese mineralization. Precambrian Research, 302. 255-278 doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2017.09.022 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Injectites were discovered in the beginning of the 19th century (Strangway, 1821) and studies on their architecture...have continued up to the beginning of the 21st century, both in the field (Hiscott, 1979; Martill and...as illustrated by Monnier et al., (2015) at the hill outcrop of Le Puy in the Vocontian basin. Indeed...framboidal (Fig. 3D) or silt-sized cubic grains. Pyrobitumen impregnates the clayey matrix or forms dispersed...cement precipitation. Finally, kaolinite and pyrobitumen plug the residual pore space, including drusic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geological Survey of Western Australia, 100 Plain Street, East Perth, WA 6004, Australia Centre for Exploration...University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia a r t i c l e i n f...systems are very common in the Proterozoic rocks of Australia, with examples from the Pine Creek, GranitesâTanami...latter has been one of the largest Au producers in Australia. During 1100 and 800 Ma alkaline rocks, including...1500 Ma in the McArthur River-Mount Isa and Broken Hill rift systems. These deposits are all hosted in metamorphosed |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Western Lachlan Orogen, Victoria, Southeastern Australia FRANK P. BIERLEIN,â IAN CARTWRIGHT, Victorian...University, P.O. Box 28E, Melbourne, Victoria 3800, Australia AND STAFFORD MCKNIGHT Minerals Industry Research...Ballarat, P.O. Box 663, Ballarat, Victoria 3353, Australia Abstract âIndicatorâ slates have long been considered...carbonaceous matterâmainly amorphous bitumens and pyrobitumen of organic origin, with biological fragments...mesothermal lode gold deposits in central Victoria, Australia, and its role, if any, in controlling mineralization |  | | Report (issue) | | Aerial view of Main-Barton open pit, Jundee gold mine, WA, viewed from the east, June 1997. The pit is...Level 3, 15-31 Pelham Street, Carlton Victoria Australia 3053 iii © The Australasian Institute of Mining...knowledge and understanding of the mineral wealth of Australia and Papua New Guinea. v vi Committees MONOGRAPH...Mining and Petroleum Bureau of Resource Sciences Queensland Department of Minerals and Energy Mineral Resources...Gold NL WMC Resources Limited Outokumpu Mining Australia Hamersley Iron Pty Limited Hancock Prospecting |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | deposits were discovered at the end of the last century and sporadically mined for Pb during the Anglo-Boer...calcite and quartz in variable proportions. Pyrobitumen (Spangenberg and Frimmel, 2001), i.e. solid hydrocarbon...are quartz, calcite as well as minor dolomite, pyrobitumen (Figure 2A), illite, and chlorite. The main mineralization...of pyrobitumen hosted by sphalerite. Note the anisotropic and fractured nature of the pyrobitumen aggregate...sphalerite (sp1 â sphalerite generation 1 at Pering Mine), ga - galena, cpy - chalcopyrite, py - pyrite, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | first attracted economic attention more than a century ago from prospectors on their way to the Klondike...exploration or throughout the twenty-four years of active mine life, many of the open pits still remain accessible... Figure 8. Barite, 5.8 cm high. Figure 7. Pyrobitumen on saddle dolomite, 6.0 cm high. Royal Alberta...officially closed on 1 September 1987; both the town and mine sites have since been reclaimed (Carr, Beauregard...and smithsonite. The natural organic material pyrobitumen is occasionally encountered, filling small vugs |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Tasmania, GPO Box 252-79, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia Abstract A two-fold subdivision for stratiform...marcasite present Timing of barite uncertain Sp + pyrobitumen are intergrown Po present Po present Po, cassiterite...Loretta basin (Australia) Century 1595 1640 1430 McArthur HYC (McArthur River) basin (Australia) McArthur-type...deposits (e.g., HYC, Mount Isa, George Fischer, Century, etc.), we contend that the nature of the basin...(70,000 km2) are exposed in central northern Australia. Between them, they host most of the worldâs known |  | Theodore, T. G., Kotlyar, B. B., Singer, D. A., Berger, V. I., Abbott, E. W., Foster, A. L. (2003) Applied Geochemistry, Geology, and Mineralogy of the Northernmost Carlin Trend, Nevada. Economic Geology, 98 (2) 287-316 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.98.2.287 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Carlin Trend Mike Tusc Gold Quarry Eight South East Hill EXPLANATION C 41° Late Paleozoic and Mesozoic...Exploration drilling also continues near the Ren mine (Fig. 2) to define the extent of high-grade gold...2 KM Carlin trend Rodeo Creek AgâAu Tara Au Mine dumps, heap-leach pads Dee Au Rossi-Storm Au ...Au CapstoneBootstrap Au T H RU S BO CREEK Mine dumps, heap-leach pads || Cree k DDH 96â1C Rossi...than 147âMa informally named Arturo dike in the Dee Mine (Theodore et al., 1998). Near Queen, Rossi, and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | deposits (Fig. 1). The Idrija mine has been the second largest mercury mine in the world, having produced...(Mlakar 1974), and is surpassed only by the AlmadeÌn mine (Spain) in the total metal quantity. Mining works... After 500 years of mining activity, the Idrija mine stopped production in 1988, and initiated a closingdown...transition to a marine environment. At the Idrija mine area, the organic-rich Skonca beds were deposited...the mineralized Middle Triassic fault zones. Pyrobitumen (slightly soluble in organic solvents) occurs |
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